This week on Behind The Lens, a massive project to restore marshland is underway in the Barataria Basin, an area that has lost over 276,000 acres of land in the past 90 years. In the space of a few days, Lafayette Academy was told it would close, then its fate was reversed, and parents and teachers are still trying to catch their breath. 

And carnival season is here. A parade celebrating Martin Luther King Jr., returned to its historic route on St. Claude Avenue this year in a deliberate attempt to restart the celebration on that route after it faded away post Katrina. 

Our guests this week are Lens reporters Delaney Dryfoos, La’Shance Perry, Marta Jewson and managing editor Katy Reckdahl. 

Theme music by Podington Bear. Additional music Poor Wayfaring Stranger by Podington Bear soundofpicture.com. 

You can also listen to Behind The Lens on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other services.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Carolyne Heldman has been in media for 35 years, most recently as Executive Director at an NPR member station in Colorado where she was responsible for new multi-platform content initiatives, strategic...